Singapore – InnoForm Media, an independent entertainment distribution company focusing on Asian entertainment, has acquired Alliance Entertainment as a fully-owned subsidiary. The latter is a Singapore-based video distributor of Hollywood home entertainment labels including Warner Home Video, Twentieth Century Fox and New Line Cinema, and owns a catalogue of Hollywood and independent films. InnoForm Media expects the acquisition to provide strategic and comprehensive distribution for … [Read more...] about InnoForm Media acquires Alliance Entertainment
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The Style Network turns on to Making it Big
Los Angeles – The Style Network has acquired 13 episodes of Beyond Distribution's reality show Making it Big, to premiere on March 5. Making it Big is an original series which follows young professionals with lofty career goals competing against each other for job connections and mentoring by a leader in their dream industries. Each hour-long episode features a different profession and three participants in challenges under observation by an expert panel. The winner then gains the … [Read more...] about The Style Network turns on to Making it Big
Global ad agencies and brands set for big splash at MIPTV 2008
Paris – MIPTV featuring MILIA 2008, held from April 7-11, 2008, in Cannes will see advertisers and brands feature prominently in the conference and exhibition. Richard Dickson, senior vice president, worldwide marketing, media & entertainment, Mattel Brands, will deliver the Advertising Keynote to close Advertising & Media Day on April 8, and Rory Sutherland, vice chairman, Ogilvy Group, will give the opening speech of the Mobile Media day on April 9. Global advertising agencies and their … [Read more...] about Global ad agencies and brands set for big splash at MIPTV 2008
STAR taps Yvonne Chuang as VP, program syndication and distribution
Hong Kong - Yvonne Chuang joins STAR as vice president, program syndication and distribution from March 10, 2008. Reporting to Laureen Ong, COO of STAR, Chuang will oversee syndication and home video distribution of STAR's content library worldwide, including its contemporary Chinese movie library, the Fortune Star library, as well as more than 20,000 hours of Indian and Chinese programming from STAR’s channels in India and Greater China. Chuang was formerly vice president, acquisition and … [Read more...] about STAR taps Yvonne Chuang as VP, program syndication and distribution
NBCU Int’l TV Distribution ups Bohm as SVP, marketing, Mansson as VP, marketing, new media
Universal City, California – Pauline Bohm has been promoted to senior vice president, marketing, NBC Universal (NBCU) International Television Distribution, and Rachel Mansson has been upped to vice president, marketing, for the division’s international new media unit. Based in Los Angeles, Bohm reports to Belinda Menendez, president, NBCU International TV Distribution, while Mansson is based in London and reports to Bohm. Bohm will develop and implement marketing strategies for NBCU … [Read more...] about NBCU Int’l TV Distribution ups Bohm as SVP, marketing, Mansson as VP, marketing, new media
The start-up upstarts
NBC Universal (NBCU) are finally set to deliver on their promise of new channels, with general entertainment Universal Channel, Sci-Fi and 13th Street slated for roll-out in the second quarter of 2008. The hold-up thus far is believed to have stemmed from the internal tussle for content between the proposed channels and NBCU’s (estimated US$8billion) syndication business. Indeed it will be interesting to see the new channels’ programming line-up given that many of NBCU’s most … [Read more...] about The start-up upstarts